JAMES DEAN FROM PASSION FOR SPEED TO IMMORTALITY

JAMES DEAN FROM PASSION FOR SPEED TO IMMORTALITY

PHILIPPE DEFECHEREUX

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3342
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INGLES
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DALTON WATSON FINE BOOKS LTD
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Pilotos y personajes
ISBN:
978-1-85443-215-5
Páginas:
132
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280 mm x 228 mm
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Scope: The complete yet never told story of James Dean’s passion for professional racing, his cars and races, within the context of his life, the many celebrities he befriended and his stunning Hollywood success before his tragic death at 24. The book also details his fatal accident almost “frame-by-frame,” based on police reports, witness testimonies and the author’s own analysis.

James Dean was America’s first “Teenage idol” and almost single-handedly initiated the youth revolution that swept the country in the late 50’s and ‘60’s, turning first into the Beat Generation, then the Hippies, then the anti-establishment movement. All of this is artfully weaved into the book, in context with James Dean extraordinary talents – acting, music, sculpture, racing, etc. -- and revolutionary approach to everything.

Book size: landscape format 11” x 9” and 132 pages

Illustrations: More than 100 top quality photographs, the majority being splendid shots by the greatest photographers of the 1950’s such as Sanford Roth and Dennis Stock, featuring not only James Dean, but also celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor, Natalie Wood, Marlon Brando, Rock Hudson, Sammy Davis Jr, Ursula Andress, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Geraldine Page, Pier Angeli, In addition, the book features some never-before-published high-quality racing photos showing classic Porsches, Ferraris, Jaguar, and Mercedes and vying against American Specials on the race tracks of the 1950’s.

Author: Philippe Defechereux is a former automotive advertising executive with great passion and experience about cars and racing. On the occasion of James Dean’s 40th anniversary, he published a short version of James Dean’s racing career and fatal accident published in French and Dutch with 40,000 copies sold to-date. In 1998, he wrote a historical racing book titled “Watkins Glen 1948-1952 – The Definitive Illustrated History.” The book earned many awards and extraordinary reviews. Philippe Defechereux also writes frequent articles for car magazines. He has appeared many times on television and done radio interviews; he will be available for such after the book launch.

Target Audience: Baby boomers who were alive when James Dean rose to fame, plus Generations X and Y who know of James Dean but wish to learn more and easily about this great American icon, including through superb visuals. Besides North America, Great Britain, France, Germany and Japan are natural markets for this book.

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• The unique story of one of the most significant motor racing mechanics of the 1950s and 1960s
• Original, first hand material from Tony and his colleagues
• A fresh and different look at part of Stirling Moss’s career
• The story of BRP from the inside
• How an international motor racing team was run in the late 1950s and early 1960s
• A new look at Cooper in the mid 1960s
• How Tony Robinson and BRP reacted to Colin Chapman’s lead with the Lotus 25
• How BRP approached the Indianapolis 500
• Around 120 photographs
• Fully indexed
Description

The 1950s and 1960s were a revolutionary period in motor sport history, and there are few left who were as close to Formula One in that time as leading mechanic Tony Robinson. Tony started in Grand Prix racing as mechanic to Stirling Moss, and went on to work touring Europe with privateer Grand Prix driver Bruce Halford, before becoming chief mechanic at BRP where he was reunited with (Sir) Stirling. A fascinating account of life in the pit lane.
Synopsis

The biography of motor racing mechanic Tony Robinson, who worked with some of the great names of the sport in the 1950s and ’60s. Tony started as one of the mechanics for Stirling Moss in 1954: the year of Stirling’s first serious assault on the world championship. After a semi-nomadic period touring Europe with privateer Bruce Halford, who also raced a Maserati 250F, Tony joined the British Racing Partnership – a Formula One and Two team part-owned by (Sir) Stirling’s father, Alfred. Stirling was driving a BRP-entered Lotus on the day of the accident that effectively ended his racing career.
At BRP, Tony responded to the Lotus 25 by building what was the first monocoque F1 car following Colin Chapman’s groundbreaker. He also designed a car for Indianapolis, before going on to work for Cooper. During his time in motor racing, Tony rubbed shoulders with such great names as Juan Manual Fangio and Mike Hawthorn; Stuart Lewis-Evans – whose manager was Bernie Ecclestone – was one of Tony’s drivers, and McLaren’s Ron Dennis worked for him during his time at Cooper.
This is the fascinating story of one of motorsport’s most enduring characters.
Independent Reviews

"Wagstaff gives the inside story on how Tony designed F1 and Indy cars at BRP, as well as depicting a wide and respected racing career. It's instructive to see from the inside how a team functions – and how hard a mechanic works." – MotorSport

"Grand Prix racing has changed beyond all recognition in the past 50 years, a fact underlined by this biography's superb opening chapter, which recounts the superhuman solo effort that mechanic Robinson put into transporting Bruce Halford's Maserati 250F to a race in Caen, and then on to the Nurburgring for the 1957 German GP. Robinson began his career working for Stirling Moss and, after his stint with Halford, he again linked up with Moss via BRP, later showing his versatility by being closely involved with the design of its F1 cars. 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